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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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